The horn
By: Kurt Janetzky and Bernhard Brüchle ; translated by James Chater
Contributors: Brüchle, Bernhard.
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng; ger
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780931340147
Subjects: Horn (Musical instrument)
Notes: "Translated from the German edition, c1977, Hallwag AG Bern"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Origins and prehistory; title: Early experiments, new discoveries, development and progress; title: Hunter-musicians; title: The new horn; title: Virtuosos : Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Ignaz Leutgeb, Johann Wenzel Stich, called Giovanni Punto; title: Turning point : the valve-horn is invented; title: The Strauss era : Franz (1822-1905) and Richard (1864-1949); title: The horn in the late bourgeois music culture of central Europe; title: The horn around 1950; title: The modern horn and its players